Elon Musk, Gavin Newsom Announce , New Tesla Headquarters in California.<br />Elon Musk, Gavin Newsom Announce , New Tesla Headquarters in California.<br />Fox Business reports that the California governor and Tesla CEO held a joint press conference on Feb. 22 in Palo Alto.<br />The former Hewlett Packard HQ will now serve as Tesla's global engineering HQ.<br />The move is somewhat surprising since Musk previously criticized the state for "overregulation, overlitigation, overtaxation" and even moved Tesla's corporate HQ from the area to Austin, TX, in 2021.<br />The move is somewhat surprising since Musk previously criticized the state for "overregulation, overlitigation, overtaxation" and even moved Tesla's corporate HQ from the area to Austin, TX, in 2021.<br />However, Tesla still has a <br />strong presence in California.<br />According to Musk, the company <br />has a manufacturing plant located in <br />Fremont, CA, which is "the highest-output automotive plant in North America.".<br />The Fremont plant is expected to produce 600,000 vehicles this year.<br />Newsom and Musk celebrated the announcement <br />of Tesla's new engineering headquarters.<br />Newsom and Musk celebrated the announcement <br />of Tesla's new engineering headquarters.<br />It's a point of pride — always has been — that Tesla is a California company, started right here, Governor Gavin Newsom, via press release.<br />[Governor Newsom] was one of the first people to buy a Tesla Roadster back in the day, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, via press release
